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6.
CAPITAL FUNDING SUPPORT –
ROYAL OTTAWA HEALTH CARE GROUP AIDE AU FINANCEMENT DES IMMOBILISATIONS – services
de santé ROYAL OTTAWA |
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve that the Royal Ottawa
Health Care Group be remitted
$1,812.50, representing the amount paid to the City for building permit fees
for construction projects undertaken pursuant to the hospital’s approved
10-Year Capital Program up to and including March 31, 2009, as noted in
Document 2.
Recommandation du Comité
Que le Conseil approuve le paiement de 1 812,50 $ à Services de santé Royal Ottawa,
représentant le montant payé à la Ville pour les droits de permis de
construction relativement aux projets de construction entrepris dans le
cadre du Programme d'immobilisations de 10 ans approuvé de l’Hôpital se
terminant le 31 mars 2009, comme le stipule le document 2.
DOCUMENTATION
1. Deputy
City Manager of Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability report
dated 23 October 2009 (ACS2009-ICS-PGM-0208)
Report to/Rapport au :
Corporate
Services and Economic Development Committee
Comité des services organisationnels et du
développement économique
and Council / et au Conseil
23 October 2009 / le 23 octobre 2009
Submitted by/Soumis par
: Nancy Schepers,
Deputy City Manager/Directrice municipale adjointe,
Infrastructure Services and Community
Sustainability/Services d’infrastructure et Viabilité des collectivités
Contact Person / Personne ressource : Arlene Grégoire,
Chief Building Official/Chef du service du bâtiment, Planning and Growth
Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance
(613)
580-2424 x 41425, Arlene.Gregoire@ottawa.ca
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Ref N°: ACS2009-ICS-PGM-0208 |
SUBJECT:
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CAPITAL FUNDING SUPPORT – ROYAL OTTAWA
HEALTH CARE GROUP |
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OBJET :
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AIDE AU FINANCEMENT DES IMMOBILISATIONS – services de santé ROYAL OTTAWA |
REPORT
RECOMMENDATION
That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee
recommend Council approve that the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group be remitted $
1,812.50, representing
the amount paid to the City for building permit fees for construction projects
undertaken pursuant to the hospital’s approved 10-Year Capital Program up to
and including March 31, 2009, as noted in Document 2.
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité des
services organisationnels et du développement économique recommande au Conseil
d’approuver le paiement de 1 812,50 $ à Services de santé Royal Ottawa, représentant le montant payé à la
Ville pour les droits de permis de construction relativement aux projets
de construction entrepris dans le cadre du Programme d'immobilisations de 10
ans approuvé de l’Hôpital se terminant le 31 mars 2009, comme le
stipule le document 2.
BACKGROUND
On
January 23, 2002, City Council confirmed its commitment to the quality of life
of the community by partnering with Ottawa’s hospitals to tackle the financial
challenge of raising $232 million locally to fund the 10-year capital
requirements identified by the hospitals.
Specifically, Council considered and approved the following
recommendations from the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee:
- Council will waive development charges on
hospital capital projects, on a case-by-case basis, subject to a city
staff report confirming that the projects fall within the scope of this
10-year program;
- Council will remit permit fees paid to the City
on hospital capital projects, on a case-by-case basis, subject to a city
staff report confirming that the projects fall within the scope of this
10-year program.
Development by the Ottawa hospitals is specifically
exempted from the Development Charges By-law 2004-298. To date, City Council has reimbursed to the
Ottawa hospitals $7,719,551.40 in building permit, planning approval fees and
levies to meet the challenge of raising $232 million locally in support of
the capital requirements of the local hospitals.
On March 11, 2009, the Corporate Service and
Economic Development Committee recommended to Council that it “…revise its
policy of reimbursing building permit, planning application and cash-in-lieu of
parkland fees paid to the City by hospitals for capital projects to include a
sunset clause stating that in order to apply for the reimbursement, the
building permit, planning application and cash-in-lieu of parkland fees must
have been paid prior to March 31, 2009.”
The new direction, as approved by Council, was necessary to limit any
budget pressures created as a result of funding the reimbursements through a
depleted City-wide Capital Reserve Fund, while providing the hospitals an
opportunity to recoup fees for committed capital projects.
The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group has requested
reimbursement of fees paid up to March 31, 2009 in relation to capital projects
falling within the scope of their 10-Year Capital Funding Program as approved
by the Province (refer to letter – Document 1).
Recommendation
Review
of the request for reimbursement from the Royal
Ottawa Health Care Group was undertaken in accordance with the
criteria established January 23, 2002 and in keeping with the more recent
direction from Council.
Support
for requests for grants to offset building permit fees ($ 1,812.50) must
be funded from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund.
CONSULTATION
The Royal Ottawa Health Care
Group has been consulted and a copy of this report has been forwarded to them
for review and information.
LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
There
are no legal/risk management impediments to implementing the recommendations of
this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Approval of this report will result in a total remittance of
$
1,812.50 to the
Royal Ottawa Health Care Group to be funded as follows:
· City-wide Capital Reserve Fund $ 1,812.50. This amount represents the Building Permit fees paid by the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. In accordance with provincial legislation, funds collected for these purposes cannot be reimbursed from the Building Code Services Permit Fees account. Based on the level of contributions to the City Wide Reserve Fund and the projected commitments, the 2009 year-end balance in the Fund is forecasted to be in a $6.6 million overdraft position. Should Committee and Council approve this grant request, the 2010 future capital programs will be restricted in order to re-establish a positive Fund balance.
SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 – Letter from the Royal
Ottawa Health Care Group
DISPOSITION
The
Planning and Growth Management Department is to process the remittance request.
Finance
is to prepare the payment to the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and adjust
accounts accordingly.
LETTER FROM THE ROYAL OTTAWA HEALTH CARE
GROUP DOCUMENT
1
SUMMARY OF FEES AND CHARGES DOCUMENT
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Ottawa Hospital - Royal Ottawa Campus |
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Application Date |
Application Number |
Description |
BP Fees |
Planning - 5% Parkland Fees |
Planning Application Fee |
Total |
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10-Jul-06 |
A06-004638 |
Install
Mag Locks - Royal Ottawa Health Care Group |
$
877.50 |
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$
877.50 |
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4-Jan-08 |
A08-000024 |
Interior
renovations first floor reception area Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre |
$
405.00 |
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$
405.00 |
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16-Apr-08 |
A08-001943 |
Interior
alterations on the ground floor |
$
397.50 |
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$
397.50 |
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24-Oct-08 |
A08-007509 |
Interior
alterations 3rd floor sterilization room |
$
132.50 |
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$
132.50 |
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Total
for Royal Ottawa, 1145 Carling Avenue |
$
1,812.50 |
$ - |
$ - |
$
1,812.50 |
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